Unlike many other countries in Africa, there are few child sponsor programs in Burkina Faso, however there remain real issues with children living in abject poverty, lack of food and safe water with most dependent on foreign aid to survive.

Over half of Burkina Faso's population of 16.7 million are under the age of 17, however very few if any, will live to see their 60th birthday, with a life expectancy of just  53.7 years. With over 100,000 children there orphaned by AIDS. in one year alone it was estimated that 18% of the country's entire population were orphans or abandoned children.

Below are a few charities that you can contact to sponsor a child in Burkina Faso.